RTF 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: George Creel, Jacques Ellul, Communication Theory

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Radio-Television-Film
• Course: RTF 307
• Professor: J.Mc Clearen

Document Summary

Notes 09. 18. 17 (cid:862)the e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374) of opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s or a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:272)arried out deli(cid:271)eratel(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:455) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals or groups (cid:449)ith a view to influence the opinions or actions of other individuals or groups for predetermined ends through ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al (cid:373)a(cid:374)ipulatio(cid:374)s(cid:863) jacques ellul, 1965. The spreading of ideas, info, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, cause, or person. Ideas, fa(cid:272)ts, or allegatio(cid:374)s spread deli(cid:271)eratel(cid:455) to further o(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)ause or to da(cid:373)age a(cid:374) opposi(cid:374)g cause. Committee on public information aka creel committee (wwi) Created ads to get people to support war; george creel bts guy in charge. Creel committee propaganda used emotional appeals, demonization, (cid:862)the war to end all wars(cid:863) Was chief of the experimental division for the study of war time (wwii) Was interested in application of symbol manipulation to influence psychological unconscious. Linear communication theory (if message sent and received, then it will have a particular effect)